Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Woman Dies After Alleged Sexual Assault During Hospital CT Scan
A woman went to Panipat Civil Hospital for an X-ray and CT scan.
Police say a security guard named Rakesh was acting as a CT scan technician.
He allegedly took the woman into the scan room alone while her family waited outside.
No other health worker was reportedly inside.
The woman later told her family that she had been sexually assaulted and threatened.
Her family contacted the police, and an FIR was filed.
Police said Rakesh was arrested.
The woman had a heart ailment and died on Tuesday while being treated in Rohtak.
The private company running the scan service removed Rakesh and another technician from their jobs and promised that a woman staffer would be present during scans of women patients.
A security guard identified as Rakesh allegedly sexually assaulted a woman inside the CT scan room at Panipat Civil Hospital.
Police said the woman, reported as 57 or 58 years old, was taken into the room alone while her family waited outside.
The woman allegedly emerged semi-conscious, later told her family what happened, and a complaint was filed that night or the following day.
An FIR was registered under Sections 64(1) and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; police said Rakesh was arrested and would be produced in court.
The woman, who had a heart ailment, died Tuesday during treatment at PGIMS in Rohtak; Healthmap dismissed Rakesh and technician Sachin.
- Who
- Rakesh, a security guard allegedly acting as a CT scan technician, and a woman reported by the articles as 57 or 58 years old.
- What
- The woman allegedly was sexually assaulted inside the CT scan room; a police case was registered, and she later died during treatment.
- When
- The alleged assault occurred late on Sunday evening, August 16; the woman died on Tuesday, two days later according to one report.
- Where
- The alleged assault occurred at Panipat Civil Hospital, Haryana; the woman died while receiving treatment at PGIMS in Rohtak.
- Why
- The articles say she was taken alone into the scan room for a medical test while her family waited outside; they do not establish why Rakesh was allowed to conduct the scan.
- Accused
- Rakesh, a security guard allegedly filling in as a CT scan technician
- Victim
- A woman reported as 57 years old in one article and 58 in another; she had a heart ailment
- Incident
- Alleged sexual assault inside the CT scan room at Panipat Civil Hospital
- Police action
- FIR registered under Sections 64(1) and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; police said Rakesh was arrested
- Victim’s death
- She died Tuesday while undergoing treatment at PGIMS in Rohtak
- Service operator
- Healthmap, a private firm contracted under a public-private partnership to run CT scan and ultrasound services
- Employment action
- Healthmap removed Rakesh and Sachin, the actual technician, from their jobs
- Planned safeguard
- Healthmap said a woman staffer would remain present when a woman patient undergoes a scan
